- From now on a household of five will be divided,
three against two and two against three;
a father will be divided against his son
and a son against his father,
a mother against her daughter
and a daughter against her mother,
a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
Tropes about family members who just really can't get along with each other too well.
Obviously, this is a subcategory of Family Tropes.
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General Family Mess
Main trope:
See also:
Lovers and Spouses
See also:
- And Now You Must Marry Me
- Awful Wedded Life
- Destructive Romance
- Divorce Assets Conflict
- Divorce Requires Death
- Foot-Dragging Divorcee
- Gold Digger
- Henpecked Husband
- Lazy Husband
- Married Too Young
- Psycho Ex-Girlfriend
- Romanticized Abuse
- Serial Spouse
- Sexless Marriage
- Til Murder Do Us Part
- Toilet Seat Divorce
- Unholy Matrimony
Parents and Offspring
See also:
- Abusive Parents
- Adults Are Useless
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents
- Antagonistic Offspring
- Bastard Angst
- Bratty Teenage Daughter
- Doesn't Know Their Own Child
- Fantasy-Forbidding Father
- Inadequate Inheritor
- Junkie Parent
- Knight Templar Parent
- Love-Obstructing Parents
- My Beloved Smother
- Parental Abandonment
- Parental Favoritism
- Parental Incest
- Parental Neglect
- Parental Title Characterization
- Pushover Parents
- Safety Worst
- Shed the Family Name
- Strict Parents Make Sneaky Kids
- Struggling Single Mother
- Unpleasant Parent Reveal
- "Well Done, Dad!" Guy
- Why Couldn't You Be Different?
Brothers and Sisters
Extended Family and Other Relatives